Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/o(b)krajь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *o(b)- +‎ *krajь.

Noun

*o(b)krajь m

1. outskirts, edge of something, something located on the edge

Declension

Declension of *o(b)krajь (soft o-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*o(b)krajь	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraji
genitive	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)krajь
dative	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)krajema	*o(b)krajemъ
accusative	*o(b)krajь	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraję̇
instrumental	*o(b)krajьmь, *o(b)krajemь*	*o(b)krajema	*o(b)kraji
locative	*o(b)kraji	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)krajixъ
vocative	*o(b)kraju	*o(b)kraja	*o(b)kraji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

• *o(b)krajati
• *o(b)krajina
• *o(b)krajinьnъ
• *o(b)krajьcь
• *o(b)krajьka
• *o(b)krajьkъ
• *o(b)krajьnica
• *o(b)krajьnikъ
• *o(b)krajьnъ

 

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: *окраи (*okrai)
    • Old Ruthenian: *окрай (*okraj)
      • Ukrainian: о́край (ókraj)
    • Russian: окра́й (okráj) (dialectal)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: окрај; о̏крај (dialectal)

    Latin script: okraj; ȍkraj (dialectal)

  • Old Slovene: okraj, okraji
    • Slovene: okràj, obkràj (tonal orthography)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: okraj
    • Czech: okraj
  • Old Polish: okraj
    • Polish: okraj
  • Slovak: okraj
  • Sorbian:
    • Upper Sorbian: wobkraj